Mrgashen ( hy, Մրգաշեն; until 1964, "the village attached to Sovkhoz No. 36") is a village in the
Kotayk Province of
Armenia. It is located along the left bank of the
Arzni
Arzni ( hy, Արզնի, aii, ܐܪܙܢܝ, Russian language, Russian: Арзни), is a resort village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia located on in the Hrazdan canyon. Modern village was founded on the place of old Armenian village called Arzni ...
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Shamiram aqueduct. Mrgashen was officially founded in March 1960 around the state-owned collective farm or ''
sovkhoz'' No. 6. The local economy is highly dependent on agriculture, based primarily on orchard cultivation and pig or cattle-breeding. The community currently has a school, kindergarten, house of culture (seating for 300), medical station (with 6 employees), and a library. 60% of households receive
natural gas and
drinking water for the village comes from the
Arzakan
Arzakan ( hy, Արզական, previously known as Arzakyand), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Aghveran resort is located in Arzakan. There are the large ruins of the 10th- or 11th-century Neghutsi Vank, located along a ravine ...
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Yerevan network, while water for
irrigation comes from the Arzni-Shamiram aqueduct.
See also
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Kotayk Province
References
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Kotayk Province
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